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whose annual expense each, It U supposed, will 

 not exceed jf 55. 



Upwards of sixty miners and smiths, from the 

 districts of Merthyr and Monmouthshire, have em- 

 barked for South America. They are to be landed 

 at Honduras, and from thence they are to proceed 

 by land, to the mines of St. Miguel. 



Married.'] At Manerdivy, Pembroke, W. H. W. 

 Parry, esq., only son of Capt. W. Parry, of Noyadd 

 Trcfawr, Cardigan, to Miss C. Angharad. At 

 Swansea, Lieut.-Col. W. I. Jones, of Veranda, to 

 Miss Sproule, daughter of the late Lieut.-Col. 

 Sproule, 



Died.'} At Flemstone, Glamorganshire, Mr. 

 Edward Williams, better known by his bardic ap- 

 pellation lolo Morganwg. He was by trade a 

 common mason ; and although purely self-taught, 

 never having been a single day at any school, his 

 literary acquirements were extensive. He pub- 

 lished,' in 1795, two volumes of English Lyric and 

 Pastoral Poems. He contributed largely to va- 

 rious other publications relating to Wales ; pub- 

 lished a volume of Welsh Psalms (his own com- 

 position) for Unitarian worship. He also wrote 

 the elaborate preface to the Myvyrian Archaiology, 



of which he was one of the editors. At Dolgel- 



ley, 43, Francis Roberts, esq., late High Sheriff of 

 the county of Merioneth. At Llandaff, 74, W. 

 Lewis; for forty years the faithful gamekeeper 

 under the Weuvoe family 90, Mr. J. Lewis, of 

 Aberystwith. 



SCOTLAND. 



His Majesty, as Baron of Renfrew, has given 

 .100 to the assembly, held in that district, for 

 relieving the distresses of the manufacturers. 



The improvement in the trade of Paisley, we 

 are happy to state, is at length manifest, and a 

 great number of the unemployed weavers have 

 got webs ; and although the number of the unem- 

 ployed is still considerable, such a rapid improve- 

 ment could scarcely be expected, especially as it is 

 confined to no particular branch. Many of the 

 shawl mannufacturers who have been in a manner 

 retired from business, for the last ten or twelve 

 months, have recommenced, although on a limited 

 scale. The flower drawers and lashers, who have 

 had scarcely any employment for a long time past, 

 ate now thronged, and from the preparations 

 making, a good number of weavers must be taken 

 on. The shawls which have been manufactured 

 during the last year, were mostly of an inferior 

 description, whereas those that are now making, 

 are upon the very richest principle that goods of 

 that kind have ever been made in Paisley. Thus 

 a great number of hands are required, and a con- 

 siderable sum of money must be expended (not- 

 withstanding the cheapness of labour) before any 

 quantity of these goods can be brought to market. 

 The figured muslins of various descriptions, are 

 likewise a great deal brisker ; but at prices which 

 make it quite impossible for the weavers to sup- 

 port their families. The transparent silk trade, 

 which has been very flat for several weeks, has 

 improved a little, but there is still a great number 

 of weavers of this kind of goods out of employ; 

 and numbers of them have been obliged to take 

 the low priced muslin webs, which are giving out. 

 The manufacturing of India imitation shawls has 

 been the staple trade of Paisley for many years, 

 and they are now carried to a state of perfection, 

 which ranks them amongst the most beautiful pro- 

 ductions of the loom. The quantity of these goods 

 in the market has not been so limited for many 

 years. Whilst the manufacturers have scarcely 



any atock on hand. These tlihigi combined with the 

 low price at which they can be sold, give every 

 reason to anticipate a steady and permanent re- 

 vival in the trade of that spirited town. 



The fishing on the Frith of Forth has lately 

 much improved, both in the take and quantity of 

 the fish, which were large, resembling those taken 

 in the West Highland lochs. 



Died.} At Aberdeen, 78, G. Hogg, esq. of 

 Shannaburn. He has bequeathed the following 

 sums for charitable purposes : To Gordon Hos- 

 pital in Aberdeen, .2,000 ; to the Pauper Lunatic 

 Fund, .1,200 ; to the Education Society of Aber- 

 deen, .1, 000; to the Kirk Session of Aberdeen, 

 the interest to be paid to three old and indigent 

 persons, as mentioned in his settlement, .300 ; to 

 found a Bursary in Marischal College, .300 ; to 

 the poor of the parish of Banchory Devenick, 

 .100; for .an additional school in said parish, 

 and school-house, .200 ; to the poor of^the parish 

 of Maryculter,.50.The whole of the above to be paid 

 free of legacy duty. At Lesmahagow, Lanark, was 

 lately committed to the grave, an old man of 86 ; 

 four of his relatives, each above 80, lowered him 

 to his bed of rest. There is another person living 

 in the parish, aged 104. The last of the Core- 

 house ladies died lately, aged 102. She was of 

 age at the time of the Rebellion ; one of her sis- 

 ters was married to Theodore, King of Corsica. 



At Cumloden, Wigton, Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir 

 W. Stewart, G.C.B. and K.T.S., Colonel of the 

 rifle brigade, and brother to Earl Galloway. At 

 Edinburgh, Count G. H.de St. George, of Changins^ 

 in Switzerland, 



IRELAND. 



Dr. Doyle writes from Carlow, Januarys, rela- 

 tive to the difficulty or unwillingness of collecting 

 the Catholic rent by the clergy, in the following 

 terms;" This unwillingness on their parts arises 

 from many causes amongst these are, apprehen- 

 sions that they would appear not only active but 

 prominent in public affairs ; a want of time, for 

 their number is not at all proportioned to the 

 wants of the ministry; the necessity they are 

 under of soliciting constantly from an impoverished 

 people, contributions for the building and im- 

 provement of chapels and school-houses, alms for 

 the support of the sick and indigent, and occa- 

 sionally relief for the widows of poor people, 

 who, without exaggeration, are dying in great 

 numbers, of a slow but progressive famine!" 



During the present week there has been some 

 improvement in the calico trade ; considerable 

 sales have been made, and holders of stock seem 

 unwilling to part with their goods, at any sacrifice, 

 which sometime ago they would willingly have 

 made. We are sorry that weavers' wages are still 

 distressiully low, and that there is but little prospect 

 of a speedy augmentation. The average amount 

 of the utmost that weavers can earn weekly, is 

 about six shillings, from which have to be de- 

 ducted loom-rent, candles, &c., leaving a miserable 

 pittance for the support of a family. Belfa t 

 Chronicle. 



Married.} Captain R. Newcomen Algeo, pre- 

 sumptive heir to the dignities of the late Lord Vis- 

 count Newcomen.to Eliza, niece of Admiral Ross 

 Donnelly. 



Died.} At Newry. 76, Mr. George Stuart ; a 

 man very generally known for his extensive reading 

 and singularly tenacious memory. Few men could, 

 with such ase and facility, and yet with such cor- 

 rectness, sketch out with his wet finger on the 

 table (being blind for the last 23 years), the 

 marches and countermarches of Tamerlane, Khouli 

 Khan, and other conquerors down to NapoU on. 



